Originally published March 22 2005
Numerous helpful websites provide overseas dining options for vegetarians
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
In response to a growing number of international travelers, as well as a growing number of vegetarians, many websites and books have sprung up with vegetarian and health food options worldwide. The best of these include the Happy Cow (www.happycow.net), the International Vegetarian Union's website (www.ivu.org), Vegdining.com (www.vegdining.com), and Veg Voyages (www.vegvoyages.com).
We have five words for vegetarian travelers in the Basque region of Spain: "Ba al duzue barazkijaleentzako platerik?"
It's one of many critical phrases -- translated into almost 70 languages, from Magyar to Nepali -- on the International Vegetarian Union's website (www.ivu.org).
Founded in 1908, the IVU is now one of many organizations with websites designed to assist non-meat eaters who don't want dietary restrictions to limit their travel options.
The best, in our humble opinion, is Happy Cow (www.happycow.net), a database of more than 3,500 vegetarian restaurants and health food stores throughout the world.
You'll learn here that Bilbao actually has eight 100% meat-free dining establishments.
The beef-mecca of Buenos Aires has four, and Happy Cow mentions additional places in three other Argentinean cities as well.
North American listings are the most extensive, numbering almost 2,000, but every continent save South America, Africa, and Antarctica shows hundreds of places.
For the less orthodox, Happy Cow lists vegetarian-friendly restaurants as well.
For $14.95, Vegdining.com (www.vegdining.com) sells an international discount card, good for 10% off in more than 100 vegetarian restaurants in the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Australia.
Far less extensive than Happy Cow, the database is best for heavily traveled cities in Europe and North America, and it lists only venues that are exclusively vegetarian.
Vegetarian Vacations (www.vegetarian-vacations.com/veggie-friendly.html) posts a variety of tour operators that offer strictly meatless getaways, as well as trips that meet the needs of vegetarians with meat-eating travel partners.
Owner Donna Zeigfinger books escorted and independent tours, as well as hotels, cars, and airline tickets, for vegan and vegetarian clients.
Veg Voyages' Buddhas, Beasts, Badlands, and Beaches tour takes you on a 23-day tour of 17 cities in Rajputana and Gujarat for $1,495, without airfare.
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